Some months ago I saw a show on SBS regarding research into the
domestication of foxes. Some of the scenes were brutal in that the foxes
were kept in small cages and were pacing etc. It is very cruel. I know know
that the person in charge of the research is Ludmila Trut at the Institute
of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk in Russia. I have also found a web
page that gives a glimpse of the conditions the foxes live in. At one stage
the foxes were passed on to fashion houses when no longer wanted or killed
but they are now popular pets becoming Foxes in boxes. They now bring much
money into further research all because people want a fox in a box. I am
writing to the Institute of Cytology and Genetics with my concerns but am
wondering if anyone else has written in the past and if any of the Russian
animal welfare groups have done anything about this.